# I went to lunch and came back with... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401 "2014-09-03T19:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/1 "2014-09-03T19:43:30Z")
[A cool sticker](http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/a2/88/43/luna-park-cafe.jpg). Our office moved in July, and I’m still finding my way around. Today I went to Luna Park Café for lunch. I was looking at the patty melt on the menu, but I was also looking at the ‘chili burger’. (Note: To me, a chili burger is a closed cheeseburger with chili in it. A ‘chili burger’ up here – or everywhere else besides Southern California or even just L.A. and Orange Counties – is what I’d call a [chili size](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555566).) I went for the latter. It was OK. Not great, but not objectionable. They serve coated fries, which I’m not a huge fan of; and the chili was weird. Kidney beans and black beans. I like that kind of chili, but it’s the wrong kind for a chili size. I’ll go back sometime soon, but next time I’ll get the patty melt and onion rings. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/2 "2014-09-03T20:02:20Z")
Cool sticker. . . and I still don’t understand what a “chili size” is. . . .a bowl of chili? And how can a “chili burger” be the same as a “chili size?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/3 "2014-09-03T20:10:11Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Cool sticker. . . and I still don’t understand what a “chili size” is. . . .a bowl of chili? And how can a “chili burger” be the same as a “chili size?” [Chili size](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/cd/c6/cdc6db8a282404a17ee061862489dd1d.jpg?itok=fieIE59i) [Chili burger](http://www.originaltommys.com/uploads/home/marquee/8b1bfb9c0fa8824d1df25b9aebb22a84_7271.png) A chili size is called a chili burger up here. I don’t know what they call chili burgers up here, because I’ve yet to come across a Tommy’s (or Tommy’s analogue). I think it’s cool that Luna Park Café gives away free advertising. _And_ it’s a cool sticker. 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/4 "2014-09-03T20:15:29Z")
I’m in North Carolina and I’ve never heard of an open-faced chili burger. . . so we agree on what a “chili burger” is. . . anyway. Around here a “chili dog” may, or may not, have a wiener. Same with a “cheese dog.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/5 "2014-09-03T20:24:43Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Cool sticker. . . and I still don’t understand what a “chili size” is. . . .a bowl of chili? And how can a “chili burger” be the same as a “chili size?” You have to scroll down about 3/4 of the way to find your answer, but the whole article is worth reading: [http://www.chilicookoff.com/history/history\_started.asp](http://www.chilicookoff.com/history/history_started.asp) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/6 "2014-09-03T20:25:50Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Around here a “chili dog” may, or may not, have a wiener. Same with a “cheese dog.” I shudder at the implications of this! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/7 "2014-09-03T20:43:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > You have to scroll down about 3/4 of the way to find your answer, but the whole article is worth reading: > > [http://www.chilicookoff.com/history/history\_started.asp](http://www.chilicookoff.com/history/history_started.asp) **NB:** There are some typos in the article, which was copied from the official ICS chili cookbook (I’ve had a copy myself for the last 30 years or so). There’s a major omission about halfway down; it should read “… and a herb that apparently was **oregano. This was** set down as the true origin of chili.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/8 "2014-09-03T20:44:26Z")
I guess I should link to [the café’s website](http://www.lunaparkcafe.com/). But really, I just wanted to show you the sticker. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-lunch-and-came-back-with/697401/9 "2014-09-03T20:55:25Z")
I’ve ordered some stuff online lately from small shops, and in return I got some cool stickers and baubles. [Strawberry Luna](http://www.strawberryluna.com/) sent me stickers from their own shop, a pencil or two, I think some candy, and maybe something else. (along with my purchase, of course) [Homage](http://www.homage.com/) sent me a sticker for their shop as well as a real, vintage pack of ProSet Super Stars Musicards from the 90s. They are rock legend trading cards. Pretty neat because I used to collect those, and the purchase I made from Homage wasn’t even music related. I hemmed and hawed but I did open them 🙂 I get cute stickers and stuff from eBay and Etsy purchases from time to time too. One person even sent a free sample of perfume. Anyway, cool stickers are cool. It’s always fun to get them, even as a grown up! I have quite a box from my days of going to the rock shows. I never know when to hold on to them or show them off.